But cars are easier to travel in :D
I'm also struggling to understand 😅
I actually have a 30 year old bike that I've already done some stuff to, but I had to adjust the front and rear derailleurs when I put this bike together - it took me around an hour or so, but the rear cassette shifts now as opposed to getting stuck between two gears. I also adjusted my breaks (the pads would rub on the disks at a stop, but I managed to fix that)
I desperately wanted a car to work on and fix up, but I guess a bike will work too! 😁
The flats stomach part sounds quite fun, along with the eat whatever I want thing.
At this point, I don't see myself needing anything. I'm perfectly happy with the bike I have and have fun riding it, and as my legs get stronger, I'll probably get faster.
I use my smart watch to track every ride on GPS and my HR, so that I get a good baseline of what I'm looking at.
Hills absolutely destroy me even in the lowest gear, I feel like spinning the pedals that fast just wrecks my cardio for some reason.
Will I get a dented rim or a popped tire if I go down stairs at 50-55PSI? The tire is rated to 65.
Thank you so much for all the advice! You were absolutely right about my bars being upside down -_- my sweep was facing downwards because for some reason, I thought that was correct. I adjusted them so that the sweep is sort of at a 45° angle facing me, so it's equal parts up and forward. I can't wait to try it out and see if this improves everything!
In terms of bike fitting: I don't even know where I would find one or how much they cost here, but I feel like the bike fits me pretty well (or I'm too young, 28, to realize that it doesn't fit me and I'm just adapting in a bad way). I do have some back problems, but the bike isn't agitating them at all, so it might be okay.
I meant a stem extension, didn't know how it was called :D
In terms of the handlebars, should they be angled down on the ends, or up?
Here's a picture 
I put the bike together myself after I ordered it, so it's certainly possible I put them on upside down 😅😂
The name of this game is piquing my interest.
The MTB gives me more confidence that I won't break something if I go down a curb too hard or somehow make a wrong move and go into a pothole.
My butt does hurt a bit, mostly because my underwear rides up uncomfortably as I ride, I occasionally have to stop and fix it 😅
Here's a pic of my bike :)
I usually just ride the bike as if it was a 1x, never shifting off the second chainring, too much to think about using both, unless it would make climbing easier.
It's certainly possible that im just in bad shape, no arguments here :)